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Bioterrorism Preparedness for Healthcare Professionals

4 CE Credit Hours

Quick Overview

This course discusses possible bioterrorist attacks, what bioterrorist agents might be employed, and what to do in the event of an attack. Healthcare facilities must be equipped to handle a community’s response to a bioterrorist attack and nurses must have the basic knowledge in order to respond appropriately and safely in a crisis. Bioterrorism preparedness should also include a protocol for addressing the characteristics of the attack, treatment and response (such as the implementation of ionizing radiation agents in the event of a nuclear attack and/or dirty bomb) – a disaster plan that can be tailor made for a variety of unconventional disasters, is also provided in this course.

A conflict of interest exists if any individual/entity that is in a position to influence the content, design, or implementation of the CNE activity is ALSO in a position to benefit financially from the success of a CE activity.

The planners, authors and presenters of this CNE activity have disclosed no conflict of interest including no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this CNE activity.

Commercial/Sponsor Support.

There is no commercial company or sponsor support for this CE activity.

Non-Endorsement of Products.

The CE provider approval status refers only to continuing nursing education activities and does not imply that there is a real or implied endorsement of any product, service, or company referred to in this activity nor of any company subsidizing costs related to the activity.

Off-Label Product Use.

This CE activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Course Aprrovals

Nursing Board Approvals National Healthcare Institute (NHI) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Florida and District of Columbia Board of Nursing. All CE courses offer by National Healthcare Institute follow the standards recommended by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation for this type of educational activities.